The default dashboard doesnt work very well on my tablets. its just a bit slower then I prefer and its probably because this quadcore tablet has like 1gb of ram.
I understand the JSON and http post side of things ok but I cannot figure out how I can either make a slider to use as a dimmer in a scene (or widget). Maybe it just isnt possible.
The other thing I am trying to do is have a volume control section either in an app or as a widget to control and see the current volume of my chromecast devices.
The dimmer/slider is my more pressing issue honestly. any suggestions.
So you’ve already got on/off working in Tasker? Then you have a plugin that’ll handle post data and you have the correct formatting for API URLs, right?
When you’re setting a light to a brightness, use light.turn_on and supply the brightness in the JSON in your post’s body.
I get all of what you are saying but this is the part that I need help with I just dont know where im suppose to do this math at… I cant find a section on the slider that allows me to add a value for a certain section of the slider.
These are android tablets so I dont think that is going to be a solution. They are so cheap that i dont mind buying a few. each one cost me 30 dollars. Only issue is that webview doesnt run as fluid as I wish it would
Now I understand why you just pointed me in a general direction. Tasker has a pretty large learning curve when trying to do some advanced tasks. Im started to understand and learn a little basic programming in the meantime.
This eventually lead me to AutoSqueeze, KLWP, and a few other pulgins to make a dashboard which seems like a never ending project lol.
One thing im having trouble with deals with me essentially not knowing what JSON values I need
# send sensor data
- alias: sensor data
trigger:
platform: time
minutes: '/35'
seconds: 00
action:
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.thermostat
Right now every 35 minutes this script is turned on and I have data sent to my tablet dashboard through JOIN. What i want is something like this
# send sensor data test
- alias: sensor data test
trigger:
platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.broadlink_sensor_temperature
value_template: "{{ states.sensor.broadlink_sensor_temperature.state }}"
above: 59.9
action:
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.thermostat
I feel like this is correct but everytime the sensor changes states nothing happens. Am I missing something?
With your template question: You may need to parse that template as a float:
value_template: “{{ states.sensor.broadlink_sensor_temperature.state | float }}”
But I never have good luck with template triggers. What I usually do is create a template sensor with the same template, then use its state as the trigger for my automation.
I just dont know where im suppose to do this math at… I cant find a section on the slider that allows me to add a value for a certain section of the slider.